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Pack your clubs and plus fours…
And buckle up for a round of unmissable golf travel news from Ireland and Scotland.
Because it’s time for the November edition of Talking Golf Travel.
Here are the top 10 stories that made the final cut:
It’ll be even easier for you to travel to the Emerald Isle from the United States in 2025.
From May, per Independent.ie, Aer Lingus will offer direct flights from Indianapolis to Dublin Airport.
This will follow the Irish airline’s other new direct route, from Nashville to Dublin, which launches in April.
Handy: Royal Dublin Golf Club is just one championship links within chipping distance of the runway!
Golfers from across the globe make the epic trek to play Royal Dornoch.
And the mesmerising Championship Course more than justifies your journey to the Scottish Highlands.
But, recently, its lesser-known sister links hit the headlines.
According to bunkered, the club has purchased 50 acres of billowing farmland to expand the sublime Struie Course over the coming years.
In the meantime, the new multimillion-pound clubhouse is right on schedule.
Royal Dornoch is not the only world-famous venue on a spending spree.
According to The Irish Sun, Lahinch Golf Club is set to splurge €5m on a clubhouse revamp.
Why?
Because its revered Old Course – often called the St Andrews of Ireland – will stage the 2026 Walker Cup.
And club management wants the facilities to be on par with their championship links for the prestigious international match.
Click here to secure tee times at Lahinch long before The Walker Cup crowds arrive.
It’s been a busy time for The Trump Organisation in the home of golf.
Last month, Trump International Scotland unveiled the exquisite new MacLeod Course on the rugged coast of Aberdeenshire.
This month, in Ayrshire, Turnberry grabbed the limelight.
Golf Monthly reported that acclaimed architect Martin Ebert will spend the winter enhancing the 7th and 8th holes of the iconic Ailsa Course.
You can expect to play at the revamped 4-time Open Championship venue from next April.
You’re guaranteed world-class links golf in Southwest Ireland.
But you can also expect cosmopolitan charm and natural wonders.
National Geographic listed Cork among its top global destinations to visit in 2025.
Meanwhile, Skellig Michael, the enchanting island off the coast of Kerry, made the Holiday Cars shortlist of the world’s most beautiful remote locations.
Note: This (bucket) list is exclusive to coastal golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Feel free to explore the entire 100 in your own time to see if you agree with the rankings.
For now, though, check out 16 of the top 20 links on the Today’s Golfer leaderboard.
Spoiler alert:
You can play them all with Irish Golf Tours.
Beauty. Creativity. Excitement. History. Hospitality.
Even cutting-edge technology cannot measure these intangibles of the golf travel experience.
Or can it?
VPAR, the ultimate app for golfers, perfectly captured the essence of Waterville Golf Links in this unmissable profile.
Needless to say, the ‘beautiful monster’ never fails to delight and test our guests.
Last month, the Irish government committed €40m to support Portmarnock Golf Club’s bid to host The British Open.
It would be the first venue in the Republic of Ireland to do so.
On the other hand, Scotland has staged the world’s oldest major 98 times.
But the Scottish government wants more.
So it sealed a new £11m partnership with The R & A to support hosting The Open, AIG Women’s Open, and the Senior Open between 2024-2034.
That might be because The Open 2024 at Royal Troon generated over £300m for the national economy.
The Bogey Men (see below) certainly made a compelling case for the Dunluce Links.
At Royal Portrush, you play at the nexus of savage beauty, ingenious design and golfing legend.
It’s an almost spiritual experience.
And somtimes frustrating.
Especially when those crafty bunkers and howling winds conspire against you!
But Portrush is the only venue outside mainland Britain to host the Open Championship for good reason.
Find out for yourself on a golf trip to Northern Ireland.
Hint: Come a few weeks after The Open 2025.
The locals refer to it only as ‘Old’.
This classic links, just 15 miles from St Andrews, hides in plain sight on the mythical coast of Fife.
But you’ve never heard of the golf course Old Tom Morris remade in his own image.
That’s probably because it exists for just one day in July.
And ‘Old’ requires two clubs – Leven and Lundin Links – to unite so lucky members can contest the McDonald Trophy.
But you’ll need to visit GOLF.com to find out why.
It’s an incredible story.
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